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La Bricoleuse ([personal profile] labricoleuse) wrote2011-09-13 08:47 pm

Glove projects!

My Decorative Arts class turned in their first round of projects today, gloves! They do two pairs, one simple pair to get a feel for the strange process glovemaking requires, then a more complex pair in which they choose a more complex style, pattern, or challenging fabric (or leather).

Here are a few pix of some of their work:

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Left: winter-themed simple gloves by senior undergraduate Michelle Bellamy.
Michelle did these in a nubby woven fabric with such sweet blue outseaming!
Right: houndstooth jersey simple gloves by PRC Wardrobe Supervisor Whitney Vaughan

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First-year grad Leah Pelz has a funny idea of "simple."
She made these gloves alternating colors for each finger.

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Here's what her pattern looked like! Cool!

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Gauntleted work gloves in thick leather, also by Leah Pelz
Leah worked off a pattern originally developed by alum Jacki Armit,
pictured in this previous post.

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I love these two-tone wool gloves by Whitney Vaughan!
Whitney worked from a research image of a great pair of 1960s leather gloves,
which inspired the seaming and placket placement.
We jokingly called them "the long bird gloves."

[identity profile] labricoleuse.livejournal.com 2011-09-14 11:05 am (UTC)(link)
Cool! Did you cut the pointy-scaly ornamentation on the gauntlets out of the same vinyl or is that some kind of trim or paillettes or...? Really great look, like "dragon skin" or something!

[identity profile] droxy.livejournal.com 2011-09-14 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I was aiming for the dragon skin glove look. It's all vinyl. I had issues with the scales streching when I sewed them on. Viynil was easy to sew but it is unforgiving.

I cut all those scales by hand, which was time consuming.